C1820. Copper-line engraving. C1820. 360mm by 230mm (platemark). Francis Cottington, 1st Baron Cottington was the English lord treasurer and ambassador and leader of the pro-Spanish, pro-Roman Catholic faction in the court of Charles I. From Houbraken's series of portrait engravings set within elaborate cartouches titled 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons.....
C1820. Copper-line engraving. C1820. 360mm by 230mm (platemark). Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, KG, was an English aristocrat, and one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry. From Houbraken's series of portrait engravings set within elaborate cartouches titled 'The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain'. They were published by.....
C1820. Copper-line engraving. C1820. 360mm by 230mm (platemark). Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, (1687-1740) was an English Tory statesman, who served as Secretary at War in 1712 and Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1713 during the reign of the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne. From Houbraken's series of portrait engravings.....
C1820. Copper-line engraving. C1820. 360mm by 230mm (platemark). Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry (1578 - 1640) was a prominent English lawyer, politician and judge during the early 17th century. From Houbraken's series of portrait engravings which he set within elaborate cartouches. They were published by Knapton originally C1740, this impression.....
C1820. Copper-line engraving. C1820. 360mm by 230mm (platemark). Sir Thomas Smythe or Smith, (1558-1625) was an English merchant, politician and colonial administrator. He was the first governor of the East India Company and treasurer of the Virginia Company from 1609 to 1620 until enveloped by scandal. From Houbraken's series of.....
C1780. Copper-line engraving. C1780. 180mm by 115mm (sheet). Published by Isaac Tirion. Jacob van Heemskerk (1567-1707) was a Dutch explorer and later admiral commanding the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Gibraltar. One of Abel Tasman's two ships was named 'Heemskerk' honouring Jacob van Heemskerk.Thin margins. Trimmed within platemark."
C1820. Copper-line engraving. C1820. 360mm by 230mm (platemark). Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchelsea PC (1647 - 1730), was an English Tory statesman during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. From Houbraken's series of portrait engravings which he set within elaborate cartouches. They were published.....